Team meeting #5

After our first day of filming we had a meeting and made a list of what else needed to be filmed and how we were going to avoid issues such as the full memory card etc. for next time.

We assigned times to the specific locations to ensure that no time will be wasted when filming this time.

Booking form

Booking form for second filming session

TASK 6: First day of filming

On the 26/10/2014 we started off filming the beginning of our music video. We went to Bromley-by-Bow to film the estate and the shops scenes. This consisted of and establishing shot, various shots of the protagonist along the balcony and coming out of the shop. Throughout the day we also filmed him lip syncing the first verse and the chorus although he didn't know the lyrics well so most of that footage was not included in the editing.

When we got to the canal to film the flashback it had started to rain so we had to improvise a flashback which involved the characters walking and talking under an umbrella.

We also found a park that was closer so decided to film there in stead of wasting time travelling to the other park that we planned on filming at because it started to get dark.

Research and Planning

Call sheet 1

Booking form

Equipment booked for first day of filming

Team meeting #4

After many failed attempts at filming due to our actors being unavailable we have finally decided we are going to this weekend and so have written down what exactly we're filming and what props we would need.

2nd Group chat

A group chat has been made in order to include the actors in the plans for the video.

Team meeting #3

Today we finally got an actor to play the protagonist of the music video. After our team meeting we decided that filming will begin on the 18/10/2014. The filming session will include the journey in between the main locations so will be filmed on the estate, the streets, the shop and some of the canal. We also bought the props that will be needed for the filming session tomorrow; hairband and a drink.

1st group chat

 In this chat we discussed group roles in terms of props and recees

Music vid update

Today we sorted out the final pieces needed for the pre production task by uploading and printing the recces, agreeing on production team roles and printing out the risk assessment.

Team meeting #2

In today's team meeting we discussed who will be getting each prop.

Task 5 (Preproduction): Location release forms

Task 5 (Preproduction): Talent release forms

Today we got our characters to sign the talent release forms

Task 5 (Preproduction): Risk assessment

Task 5 (Preproduction): Recees

Auditions

Today we held auditions for our video. Many students turned up, however they were all female which wasn't good because we wasn't able to see the chemistry between both characters as well as the fact that the protagonist for our video is male. 

Audition brief

Task 5 (Preproduction): storyboard

Music video planning

During our group meeting we made a step by step list of what is going to be happening at each of the locations, who's going to be in those scenes, what type of editing and shots are going to be used in the shots etc. We also analysed the lyrics and again planned what would be happening during the verses as well as how it would end. There are many ideas we have come up with to show the death/memorial and the end by we haven't chosen one, hopefully this will be done in the next meeting.